CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40080

Low risk· EPSS 8%
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.18%

8th percentile - higher than 8% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability was found in the Linux kernel's NBD (Network Block Device) driver, allowing the use of unsupported socket types. The fix restricts accepted sockets to TCP and UNIX stream only.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit unsupported sockets to cause unexpected behavior in the NBD driver, potentially leading to system crashes (DoS) or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing commit cf1b2326b734 or later, which restricts NBD sockets to TCP and UNIX stream.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP Recently, syzbot started to abuse NBD with all kinds of sockets. Commit cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup") made sure the socket supported a shutdown() method. Explicitely accept TCP and UNIX stream sockets.

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